Dassault Aviation : Increase in the free float of Dassault Aviation following a new share sale by Airbus Group

Published 2:53 AM ET Mon, 13 April 2015
Globe Newswire

SHARES

SAINT-CLOUD, France, April 13, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Airbus Group announced on April 10, 2015 the sale of 115,172 Dassault Aviation shares by the exercice of the over-allotment option granted by Airbus Group to the joint bookrunners as part of the placement dated 25 March 2015.

As a result, the shareholding and voting rights in Dassault Aviation becomes the following:

Shares

% Capital

% of voting rights

GIMD

5,118,240

55.55%

58.74%

AIRBUS GROUP

2,152,656

23.36%

24.71%

FREE FLOAT

1,441,671

15.65%

16.55%

DASSAULT AVIATION

501,187

5.44%

-

TOTAL

9,213,754

100.00%

100.00%

Dassault Aviation thanks the new investors for their trust in the Company.

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About Dassault Aviation

With over 8,000 military and civil aircraft delivered to 90 countries over the last 60 years, logging some 28 million hours in flight, Dassault Aviation has built up expertise recognized worldwide in the design, development, sale and support of all types of aircraft, ranging from the Rafale fighter to the high-end Falcon family of business jets and military drones. Dassault Aviation posted sales of 3.68 billion euros in 2014, and has nearly 11,600 employees.